PAM. 

WSCr- 

^ The  World-Wide 
Sunday  School  Field 

A NEWS-LETTER  TO  THE  FRIENDS 
OF  THE  SUNDAY  SCHOOL 

February,  1915 


World’s  Sunday  School 
Association 


Sir  Robert  Laiduaw.  president 

LONDON.  ENGLAND 

H.  J.  Heinz,  chairman 

PITTSBURGH.  PA. 


Jimerican  Section 


E.  K.  Warren,  chairman  central  committee 

THREE  OAKS.  MICH. 

Arthur  M.  Harris,  treasurer 

NEW  YORK  CITY 

Frank  L.  Brown,  general  secretary 

NEW  YORK  CITY 


ADDRESS  ALL  COMMUNICATIONS  TO 

216  METROPOLITAN  TOWER, 

1 Madison  Ave.,  New  York  City 


A MILLION  nickels 
From  a MILLION  scholars 
For  a MILLION  Testaments 
For  a MILLION  soldiers 

Since  tile  outbreak  of  the  war  many  urj'eut 
calls  have  been  coniiiiic  to  us  from  individual 
Cliristian  workers  and  Bible  Societies  in  1-lu- 
roiie  for  assistance  in  tlie  work  of  distributiiifr 
the  Scriptures  amoiif;  the  soldiers  in  the 
cani|)s.  hospitals,  war-jirisons  and  battlefields. 
At  the  last  meetlnfr  of  the  Executive  (’ommitt- 
tee  of  the  World's  Sunday  School  Association 
Hr.  (leorfre  W.  Baile.v  proposed  as  a response' 
to  these  calls  the  plan  which  is  brietly  set 
foi’th  in  the  slojjan  above.  An  appeal  was 
si'iit  out  throuirh  the  press  and  the  Snnda.v 
School  a.ttencies.  and  as  a ri'sult  Snnda.v  School 
scholars  in  all  parts  of  the  countr.v  liave  been 
respondiiif;  lieartily  to  the  call.  It  is  still  “a 
Ion;;,  loiijr  way  to"  a million,  however,  and  we 
urw  our  friends  to  co-o])erate  with  us  (1)  hy 
seeinj;  that  the  apjteal  is  adetpiately  presf'iite'd 
to  the  scholars  of  their  schools:  and  (11)  by 
sendiiu;  to  Mr.  Arthur  M.  Harris,  Treasurer, 
AVorld's  Sunday  School  .Association,  21(i 
Metro])olitan  Tower,  Xew  York  ('it.v,  contrihu- 
tions  to  help  defra.v  postasje  and  similar  (‘X- 
IK'iises  of  the  movement,  so  that  ever.\-  penn.v 
of  the  mone.v  secured  from  the  children's 
nickels  ina.v  jro  toward  the  Testaments. 

To  each  scholar  who  jjives  a nickel  we  will 
pix'.sent  a souvenii"  hook-mark  rec-eipt,  on 
'.vhich  is  i)rinted  the  reipiest.  "I'lact'  this  book- 
mark in  your  ISible.  and  remember  in  your 
pra.x'ci's  him  to  whom  your  Testament  is  f;iv(‘ii 
— (loti  knows  his  name." 

Exhibit  at  the 
Panama-Pacific  Exposition 

Throti.uh  the  efforts  of  Mr.  Harry  ^Morton, 
of  the  Exwutive  ('ommittee.  and  the  conrtc's.v 
of  the  .Japanese  f'ommissioners.  we  have  se- 
cured free  of  cost  a booth  in  tlu'  .Taiiaix'se 
lUiilding  in  which  to  advertise  the  World's 


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Convciitiim  at  Tokyo  in  I'.iKi.  Tho  .Ta])anos(>  Ex- 
liiliit.  it  is  said,  will  be  one  of  the  most  iiiter- 
estin.ir  ami  iiicturesiiue  features  of  the  Fair, 
and  the  Association  is  fortunate  in  havinji  a 
‘•Tokyo  Itooth"  in  such  favorahle  surronnd- 

i 1 1 , ITS. 


CHINA 


Mr.  Tewkshni'y's  ('lass  in  Exiirt'ssion  Work 


Training  Leaders  in  North  China 

The  I'eitaiho  Traiihns  School  for  Sunday 
School  District  AVorkers,  held  durin.t;  the  past 
sininuer.  accomidished  results  that  must  ju-ove 
of  far-i-eachiii;c  jjood.  A high  standard  of  elli- 
<’ieucy  was  set  up  at  the  very  he.sinuinsr.  and 
the  most  tliorou^h-sroinn  work  in  teacher- 
trainini;  was  done.  Besides  classes  for  in- 
struction in  the  theoretical  side  of  reli.itious 
education,  there  were  thr(>e  classes  of  twelve 
hoys  each  for  •'iiractice  work"  and  child  study. 
One  of  them  is  shown  in  the  accompanying  il- 
Insti  ation.  The  I’eitaiho  School  has  ecpiipped 
ten  Sund.ay  School  sjiecialists  who  will  l)e  em- 
ployed by  the  mission  districts.  This  larfte  re- 
inforc(>ment  to  the  missionaries  from  this  com- 
pany of  trained  workers  should  .sive  .itreat  im- 
petus to  th(‘  Sunday  School  work  of  the  mis- 
sions in  North  ( 'hina. 


JAPAN 


Summer  Schools  and  Institutes 

The  Kev.  K.  Mito,  of  the  Jaiian  National 
Sunday  School  Association,  writes  from  Mi- 
kage,  Settsu,  Japan,  of  the  successful  summer 
institute  held  in  Khushu  for  four  weeks  in 
the  mid-summer  season  of  1914.  The  attend- 
ance at  the  Institute  was  from  40  to  100.  A 
.Summer  School  for  hoys  was  also  carried  out 
with  good  sviccess.  Some  of  the  hoys  have 
applied  for  baptism  since  their  return  to  their 
homes.  The  success  of  this  exiu'riment  among 
the  hoys  has  encouraged  the  Japanese  work(>rs 
to  attc'inpt  also  a similar  work  for  girls  next 
year. 

Teachers  Institutes  w(‘r<‘  held  hy  Mr.  Mito 
in  Sludznoka.  Hiroshima.  Fukuoka,  and 
Korea. 

This  winter  there  was  Indd  in  the  (Jinza 
Church.  Tokyo,  an  institute  iu  which  lltid 
officers  and  teachers  were  ('iirolh'd  for  courses 
which  extended  over  eight  wt'eks.  .Sixty-two 
teachers  received  certificates,  on  meeting  the 
standard  requirements  at  the  conclusion  of  the 
institute. 


THE  PHILIPPINES 

New  Sunday-School  Literature 

Rev.  .Jesse  T>.  Mcl>aughliu,  Sunda.v  School 
.Secretary  of  the  Philippines,  re])orts  that  he 
is  now  preparing  a .series  of  organization  leaf- 
lets on  "The  Formation  of  the  School,"  “The 
Making  of  a Superintendent."  “The  Mak- 
ing of  a Secretary."  “The  Making  of 
a Teacher."  “I'raining  the  Teacher."  “The 
Ideal  .Scholar."  and  kinilred  suhjt'cts. 
The  multiplicity  of  dialects  makes  it  m*- 
cessary  to  pul)li.sh  these  leaflets  in  many 
languages,  for  while  the  English  is  being 
taught  it  is  still  imiiossihle  to  do  “real  h(>art 
teaching"  in  any  language  other  than  the 
liahy  tongue  of  the  j)eoi)le.  In  many  schools, 
some  of  them  very  good  .schools  too.  almost 
none  of  the  teachers  or  pupils  can  use  any 
English  at  all. 


The  New  Slogan 

Tlu“  I’l'iitostiUit  Missions  of  the  riiiliiiiiiiios 
oliiiiii  To.ood  ineml)ers  in  tlieir  cliurclies  and 
only  .'iO.OdO  in  their  Sunday  Schools.  The 
Sunday  School  Union  has  announced  as  its 
slofran.  “A  Sunday  School  memhershi])  equal 
to  the  church  ineinlK'r.ship  by  October.  1!)1(!" 
(Date  of  Tokyo  Uonvention) . If  one  may 
judge  .simply  from  the  fi.gures  given  above,  the 
I’nioii  has  undertaken  a gigantic  task.  The 
first  imi)ulse  and  "hurrah"  of  evangelistic 
meetings  in  the  Islands  is  passed,  and  from 
now  on  the  churches  are  to  s])ring  from  Sun- 
day Schools  rather  than  from  preaching  alone. 
.V  Sunday  School  spirit,  under  !Mr.  M<d,augh- 
lin's  able  leadershi](  is  rapidl.v  coming  into 
existence. 

Provincial  Organizations 

It  is  very  ditiicult  in  the  l’hili])pines  to  hold 
a national  convention  on  account  of  the  well- 
known  racial  and  linguistic  differences  and 
the  impossibility  of  holding  meetings  in  a 
common  language.  For  this  reason  and  be- 
cause of  the  gi'eat  distance  between  the  Sun- 
day School  Uinon  center  at  Manila  and  the  in- 
ilividual  schools.  Pi’ovincial  ('onfei'ences  are 
being  promoted,  looking  toward  the  organiza- 
tion of  a Provincial  Association  in  each  pro- 
vince, something  like  the  plan  of  county  or- 
ganizations in  the  States.  There  will  be  six- 
tet'ii  or  eighteen  of  these  as.sociations  when  or- 
ganization is  completed,  and  it  will  then  be 
liossible  to  bring  tlie  local  Sunday  Schools  in- 
to much  closer  touch  with  helpful  Sunda.v 
School  spc'cialization  agencies. 

Extension  Work  in  the  Philippines 

From  a missionary  in  Zamboanga.  Min- 
danao. word  comes  that  a Sunda.v  School  has 
been  organized  on  the  Island  of  Kasilan.  where 
the  atteiiflants  are  Moros  and  Filipinos.  A 
Moro  half-br(>ed  in  Zamboanga  is  to  be  sent 
out  upon  his  graduation  from  the  Training 
School  to  his  own  home.  ilOO  miles  awa.v.  to 
oiicn  a Sunda.v  School.  .\  Mandarin  has  sent 
reiieated  r(>(iuests  for  a workei'  to  come  and 
open  a s<'hoo|  foi-  his  ])eoi)le. 


SOUTH  AMERICA 

The  Sunday-School  Tour 

Mr.  Frank  L.  Rrowii.  Joint  (it'iu'ral  S:>cro- 
tary  of  the  World's  Sunday  School  Associa- 
tion. in  coini)an.v  with  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Harry 
Morton,  of  Oakland,  ('ah.  and  their  .son.  Har- 
<ild.  sailed  from  New  York.  January  lil.  on  the 
"Kroonland"  for  a tlm'e  months'  tour  of  South 
America  in  the  interests  of  or.sranized  Sunday 
School  work  of  the  various  missions  in  the 
southern  continent,  ('onfei-ences  will  he  hehl 
in  all  th('  principal  port  cities.  i)reparatory  to 
till*  work  of  the  new  Sunday  School  Secretary 
for  South  America,  the  Kev.  (h'orjtc'  1’.  How- 
ard. of  Montevideo.  ^Ir.  Howard  will  meet 
tlu‘  party  in  South  America  and  ndurn  with 
it  to  the  T'nit('d  Stat(*s  for  six  months'  siie- 
cial  Sunday  School  traininit.  .'.monir  tlu' 
cities  visited  will  he  Havana.  Kiim.ston.  Colon. 
I’anama  City.  Callao.  Lima,  l.al’az.  \’:d- 
paraiso.  Santiasro.  I’uenos  Aiix's.  Montevideo. 
Jtio  d(>  Janeiro.  Ihihia.  I'ei-namhuco.  I’a.ra. 
Fort  of  Si)aiii.  and  San  .Tuan. 

The  annual  convention  of  the  Frazil  Na- 
tional Sunday  School  .Vssoci.ation  will  he  lu>ld 
in  Kio  d(>  Jamdro  whih'  the  Toni-  Party  is 
there. 

New  Jersey  Behind  a Continent 

The  New  Jersi'y  State*  Sunday  .School  .V--S  >- 
elation  has  assumeil  the*  task  of  securinir  from 
New  J(>rsey  Sunday  Schools  the  linancial  su|i- 
port  of  Kev.  (!(>o.  1‘.  Howard.  Sunday  School 
Secretary  for  South  America.  Plainfu'hl. 
Montclair.  Tre'iiton.  and  P>ridjreton  have  al- 
r(‘ad.i-  re'spomh'd  jrenerously.  and  New  Ji'rse'y 
has  the  honor  of  heinsr  the  first  state  to  at- 
t('in]it  anythin!;  of  the*  kind.  In  a s(>nse  Mr. 
Howard  will  la*  New  .lersew's  .Sunday  School 
missionary  in  South  America. 

Tin*  Imdstet  reipiin'd  is  about  .SJ.OilO  an- 
nuallx'.  which  includes,  besides  tin*  customary 
missiomir.t-  salar.v.  rent,  native*  assist:int.  li- 
te*i-ature*  and  traveliiu;  e*xpe*nse*s.  The  plans 
tor  his  work  are*  maeh*  with  the*  apiiroval  of 
the*  I -itin-America  Committi*i*  of  the*  Mission 
Hoards,  of  whie-h  ^Ir.  Kohert  K.  S|)e*e*i-  is  Chair- 


nmii;  and  on  the  held  the  new  Sunday  Seliool 
Secretary-  will  work  under  tlie  direction  of  a 
strong'  committee  of  which  Rishop  Homer  (’. 
Stuntz  is  Chairnnui.  representin.i;  the  various 
missions  at  work  in  Soutli  America. 

MOSLEM  LANDS 
Christian  Literature  for  Moslems 

Risho])  .T.  ('.  Hartzell.  ('hairman  of  tlie 
^\  orld's  Sunday  Scliool  Association's  Commit- 
tc('  on  iUoslem  Work,  lias  reported  from  Xoi'tli 
Africa,  that  the  work  of  providing  ('liristian 
literature  for  the  Moslem  children  is  making 
good  jirogress.  The  following  aie  ready  for 
publication:  an  Araliic  hymn  hook,  with  tifty 
oi'  sixty  good  hymns  .selected  for  their  value 
in  develoiung  Christian  life  and  character:  a 
simiile  catechism,  already  lieing  taught  from 
manuscriiit : Notes  on  the  I .ord's  Prayer,  the 
Ten  Commandments  and  the  Apostles'"  Creed  : 
sonu*  l)i-lingual  tracts  in  French  and  Arabic, 
for  use  in  the  French  colonies;  a catechism 
for  immediate  use  among  the  Kabyles ; and 
four  tracts,  containing  stories  wliich  have 
proved  to  lie  very  effective  among  the  chil- 
dren. CoiK'erning  the.se  la.st-mentioned  tracts, 
Risliop  Hartzell  remarks,  “They  are  sure  tii 
be  learned  by  heart,  and  wilt  be  recited  far 
Ix'yond  the  points  of  regular  missionary  visi- 
tation. It  is  in  the  line  of  the  old  Arab  meth- 
od of  education.  Our  Sunday  School  scholars 
and  those  in  the  week-day  classes  have 
learned  hy  heart  the  story  of  the  creation  and 
th(>  iiromi.sed  redemption  and  chant  it  aftm- 
the  manner  of  the  traveling  Arab  minstrels.'’ 

Christmas  Greetings  from  Egypt 

Rev.  S.  Van  K.  Trowbridge  has  arrived  on 
hi.s  field  of  service  in  Egypt.  A cablegram  of 
'Christmas  Oreetings''  was  received  from  him 
at  the  oilice  of  the  "World's  Sunday  School  As- 
sociation. dated  Alexandria.  December  2.'!. 
1!)14.  A letter  dated  December  2(i  tells  of  Ids 
safe  arriv.al  in  Cairo  ami  of  his  first  im[)res- 
sions  of  Eg.vpt  in  war  time. 

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'I'lu'  l:il(‘  l>r.  I''r(Ml(>rick  Uoi'sch  :iik1  ii  'rriiiii-  spirit,  of  ( hristuiiiily. 
in;;  Clnss  of  .\nti\’(‘  Knli.vU'  Hoys,  Al^it'rs  


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Tliis  picturo  liiis  I'spc'cial  iiitc'i'i'sl  at  llu> 
lir('S{>iil  linu‘,  in  view  of  lln>  ('vi'r-pr('S('nl  (|iu's- 
tioii  as  to  I lu>  offoct  of  till'  war  on  Fori‘i;;n  Mis- 
sions. Dr.  Kot'scli  was  a lic'nlc'iiant  in  tlio 


